Practical webinar will help parishes ensure that current programs, policies, and ministries are building up family life and assist families to recognize their unique call as domestic church. Explore ways to develop relationships with families and make adjustments to alleviate some stresses they experience.

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide services that affirm the sacredness of life, the sanctity of marriage, the sacramentality of the family and a Christian lifestyle, through all phases of human growth and development.

Services are provided in the spirit of the Catholic vision of the family as the "domestic Church" and a "school of holiness."

Activities include formation and continuing support in the areas of marriage discernment, preparation, enrichment, natural family planning, human sexuality, and Theology of the Body.

►Encounter. Transform. Witness.

Marriage Prep Leader Training, Feb. 21 or 23

Pastoral leaders/married couples are invited to one of these marriage leader trainings on Thursday, February 21, 2019 or Saturday, February 23, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Pastoral Center. This training will:

help you coordinate marriage preparation in your parish.

equip you to design and facilitate a marriage prep retreat at your parish.

prepare you to accompany couples throughout the marriage prep process and beyond.

National Marriage Week

The observances of National Marriage Week (Feb. 7-14) and World Marriage Day (Sunday, Feb. 10) are an opportunity to focus on building a culture of life and love that begins with supporting and promoting marriage and family life.

Virtual Marriage Retreat

Join us in celebrating National Marriage Week (February 7-14) by taking a few moments each day, together with your spouse, to reflect and pray. This retreat will help you further reflect on what makes marriage unique as established by God between a man and a woman, as the basis for family and society.

Day 1 -- Marriage: Made by God Day 2 -- Marriage: Made for Love Day 3 -- Marriage: Made for Each Other Day 4 -- Marriage: Made for Life Day 5 -- Marriage: Made for Freedom Day 6 -- Marriage: Made for the Common Good Day 7 -- Marriage: Made for Eternity

World Meeting of Families 2018

The 9th World Meeting of Families will take place on August 22-26, 2018 in Dublin, Ireland. Its theme is the Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World. Following are key moments:

22 to the 24 August 2018, a three-day Congress. Each day will reflect on the theme “The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World” chosen by the Holy Father and will include keynote speakers, workshops, talks, testimonies and discussions.

Saturday 25 August 2018, a Festival of Families, comprising a reflective concert style event within a prayerful and joyful atmosphere, in which personal stories of faith will be shared by families from all continents.

Sunday 26 August 2018, WMOF2018 will close with a solemn Eucharistic Celebration, that will gather thousands of people from Ireland and all over the world.

Resources for World Meeting of Families 2018

Click HERE for meeting documents such as catechesis, hymns, and videos

Lent Reflections

Anti-Pornography Resources

This page provides resources for pastoral leaders to guide their people on this particular subject, for men and women to find healing, and for families to educate themselves on the harms of pornography. Resources include:

Webinars

Books

Articles

Documents

Videos

Curriculum

If you or your loved ones are seeking professional help to resist temptations or use of pornography, call your priest or the Diocesan Office of Family Life and ask for a referral.

Annual Mass for Movimiento Familiar Cristiano

January 19, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Cedar Park Bishop Joe Vasquez, Presider